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2. Atrial fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Atrial fibrillation is associated with an increased risk of heart failure, dementia, and stroke. [3] [12] It is a type of supraventricular tachycardia. [14] Atrial fibrillation frequently results from bursts of tachycardia that originate in muscle bundles extending from the atrium to the pulmonary veins. [15]

3. Rhythm interpretation - Wikipedia

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   Ventricular fibrillation. Ventricular arrhythmias are some of the most dangerous heart rhythms requiring cardiopulmonary resuscitation and defibrillation in cases of symptomatic ventricular tachycardia and ventricular fibrillation. There are 5 different ventricular arrhymia. [1] [2]

4. Fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   There are two major classes of cardiac fibrillation: atrial fibrillation and ventricular fibrillation. Atrial fibrillation is an irregular and uncoordinated contraction of the cardiac muscle of atria. It can be a chronic condition, usually treated with anticoagulation and sometimes with conversion to normal sinus rhythm.

5. Supraventricular tachycardia - Wikipedia

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   Atrial fibrillation meets the definition of SVT when associated with a ventricular response greater than 100 beats per minute. It is characterized as an "irregularly, irregular rhythm" both in its atrial and ventricular depolarizations and is distinguished by its fibrillatory atrial waves that, at some point in their chaos, stimulate a response ...

6. Arrhythmia - Wikipedia

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   Fibrillation can affect the atrium (atrial fibrillation) or the ventricle (ventricular fibrillation): ventricular fibrillation is imminently life-threatening. Atrial fibrillation affects the upper chambers of the heart, known as the atria. Atrial fibrillation may be due to serious underlying medical conditions and should be evaluated by a ...

7. Ventricular fibrillation - Wikipedia

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   Ventricular fibrillation (V-fib or VF) is an abnormal heart rhythm in which the ventricles of the heart quiver. [2] It is due to disorganized electrical activity. [2] Ventricular fibrillation results in cardiac arrest with loss of consciousness and no pulse. [1] This is followed by sudden cardiac death in the absence of treatment. [2]

8. Antiarrhythmic agent - Wikipedia

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   Reduce ventricular rate in patients with atrial fibrillation; V Adenosine; Digoxin; Magnesium sulfate; Work by other or unknown mechanisms Contraindicated in ventricular arrhythmias; Adenosine is used to treat supraventricular tachycardias, especially in heart failure and atrial fibrillation [9] Magnesium sulfate is used to treat torsades de ...

9. AV nodal reentrant tachycardia - Wikipedia

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   All these ECG-based technologies also enable the distinction between AVNRT and other abnormal fast heart rhythms such as atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, sinus tachycardia, ventricular tachycardia and tachyarrhythmias related to Wolff-Parkinson-White syndrome, all of which may have symptoms that are similar to AVNRT. [citation needed]